Name: Paul Gerhold Age: 66. Family: Wife, Claudette. She has two children and two grandchildren. Where do you live? Lady Lake for 28 years. We were here when The Villages was Orange Blossom Gardens. How did you meet your spouse? At an art class. Where did you grow up and what are your memories of your hometown? Between Westchester, N.Y. and Long Island. There was fishing, crabbing, clamming and. . . I was a summer boy. Person you'd most like to meet: Philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Created to whet your appetite for the Ken Price ceramics retrospective opening Sept. 16 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Planter Show" opened Thursday with a delightful collection of more than 200 handmade plant containers by established and emerging artists. "We wanted to give people another layer of context to the Price show," said Bettina Korek, director of the arts events group ForYourArt , at the opening Thursday night. ...

By Danielle Arnet, Tribune Media Services and The Smart Collector, May 25, 2012

Q: Over 30 years ago, I rescued a beautiful plaster bust from the trash at a public library branch. The name "Barthe" is scratched into the back of the base. From my research, I am assuming that it might have been created by Richmond Bartha. I don't know how to determine if the bust has any value. If so, who would be interested in it? A: Titled "The Negro Looks Ahead," the bust of a young boy is by Richmond Bartha. The scratched name is misspelled. To clue readers, Mississippi born Richmond Bartha (1901-1989)

By Danielle Arnet, Tribune Media Services and The Smart Collector, April 13, 2012

Q: My Oshkosh suitcases from the 1930s still have original keys. How can I sell them? A: Nothing conveys the look of vintage like a period suitcase. Thanks to period films and TV series like "Mad Men" and "Boardwalk Empire," the public has developed a real nostalgia for the look of old-fashioned travel. Add a distaste for the cattle call aspects of contemporary travel, and you've got a trend. Had this question arrived about five years ago, the answer would have covered how stacked vintage suitcases are used as side tables, as display and decor surfaces.